2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Patient Functional Status on the Associations Between Kidney Transplant Waitlisting, Race, and U.S. Region
Background: Black race and Southeastern residence at the start of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are associated with reduced access to the U.S. kidney transplant waitlist,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Living Kidney Donors
Introduction: To assess the association between abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and renal function of living kidney donor and to evaluate the value of an AAC…2015 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity in Infections After Kidney Transplantation
BACKGROUND: Female gender has been suggested as a risk factor for infection after kidney transplant (KT). Preliminary studies have reported that sex hormones such as…2015 American Transplant Congress
Deficiency of Naturally Occurring Anti-Angiogenic Antibodies Associate With the Development of Metastatic Cancer Post Renal Transplantation and Patient Death
We assessed the presence of naturally occurring blocking antibodies to mediators of vascularisation and metastasis in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR) with metastatic cancer (n=11), non…2015 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Outcomes in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
BACKGROUND: Only few data are available about immunologic outcomes of elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTR).PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective long-term observational study included all adult…2015 American Transplant Congress
Decline in Living Donor Rates Pervasive Across All Kidney Transplant Candidate Groups
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Previous analysis by our group showed living donor (LD) transplant rates peaked between 2002 and 2004 and declined thereafter. We sought to understand if this…2015 American Transplant Congress
Adherence Time-Profiles of Renal Transplant Patients During the Three First Years Post-Transplantation
Non-adherence to immunosuppressants (IS) has been reported to increase morbidity and mortality of transplant patients.Our objective was to investigate adherence to IS in renal transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlates of Clinical Course of Polyomavirus BK Infection With Long-Term Outcome of BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Patients
Background: Identification of risk factors for the long-term outcome of BK virus (BKV) -associated nephropathy(BKVAN) may improve renal transplant outcome. Methods: Between 2006 and 2014,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes of Prophylactic Rituximab Administration With Plasmapheresis in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
[Background]The estimated recurrence rate of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation is approximately 30%. Relapse occurring immediately after transplantation is refractory to treatment and…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Differential Effect of HLA-DQ Mismatching on Renal Allograft Survival in Zero HLA-A,B,DR Mismatched Deceased Donor Transplants
1University of Florida, Gainesville; 2University of Kansas, Kansas City.
The role of HLA-DQ matching in renal graft survival is not well understood and difficult to interpret in the presence of other HLA antigen mismatches.…
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